Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Hi All!!! I hope this message finds everyone healthy and happy...

Just a reminder that our next meeting is this Tuesday (May 18th), 6:30pm at the San Diego Lapidary Society. We will be learning how to carve our own texture plates/stamps. If you have not had a chance to order the material, I am bringing extra mats that you can purchase. They are $2.12 each if you are interested. Venetia also recommended that you come prepared with a pattern (sharpie marker seems to be the best) so we can carve at the meeting.

I also wanted to try and get an idea of the number and kind of samples of your work that you want to add to the display for this years fair display. I think it's really important that everyone in the group be represented - even if you only have one piece completed!!! If you could let me know how much you are displaying as soon as possible, I would be very grateful.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

May Meeting – Our next meeting is May 18th at the San Diego Lapidary Society and will start at 6:30pm. Venetia is going to demonstrate carving our own stamps/texture plates. She suggested purchasing Carving Sheet from Art Clay World (stock #F043) for this purpose and drawing out a design in Sharpie marker. You’ll also need to bring carving tools. I’ll have some extras if you need to borrow.

Future Meetings – The June meeting will be a play date and start at 5:30pm for those who can come early. For July we need demo ideas! Ideas previously mentioned included soldering on PMC, Keumbo, proper syringe use, etc. If there are lots of people on vacation we could also take a break for July and/or August. We can discuss this more at the meeting as well.